Feb 7, 2019 by Sahil LavingiaIn 2011, I left my job as the second employee at Pinterest — before I vested any of my stock — to work on what I thought would be my life's work.Just had an idea for my first billion-dollar company. Tomorrow, I start building it.I thought Gumroad would become a billion-dollar company, with hundreds of employees. It would IPO, and I would work on it until I died. Something like that.Needless to say, that didn't happen.Now, it may look like I am in an enviable position...